PS5 jailbreak developer Echo Stretch is urging players waiting for a Grand Theft Auto VI dump to buy the game instead. He warned that game dumping on PS5 firmware 14.xx, including version 14.22, wasn’t looking promising.
In a November 10 statement, recirculated by Pirat Nation on November 13, the developer said he had been working on 14.xx firmware when he encountered an issue he hadn’t yet identified. He was responding to people asking whether to update for GTA or stay on their current firmware.
“We’ve waited a long time for this game, so just buy it and enjoy it,” he wrote. Echo Stretch said he planned to update his own console for the release.
He clarified later that day that buying the game and updating appeared to be the available option at the time. “But that doesn’t mean anything is impossible.”
The Firmware Problem
Dumping means extracting a game’s files from the console. Echo Stretch’s own PS5 App Dumper documentation lists jailbroken firmware from 1.00 through 13.60 among its requirements. The utility copies application files and includes support for decrypting executable files.
Players keeping their PS5 on an older system version for homebrew face a choice about updating for GTA VI.
Rockstar lists November 19 as GTA VI’s release date, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions coming together. Preloading began on November 10.
Official artwork: Rockstar Games.
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